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Following are some pictures of the aftermath from the July 3rd tornado, which brought winds of 100 mph, heavy rain, and golf ball-sized hail, in the Oakland and Susquehanna area taken by several local residents.

A very large tree that fell on a house at the corner of Broad and East Church Street, Susquehanna. According to reports the house is totally destroyed. (Submitted By Bill Johnston) ...

Crushed vans at Adams Cable (Photo By Laura Tuite) ...

Ira Reynolds Riverfront Park in Susquehanna (Photos By Laura Tuite) ...

Tree crushing the United Methodist Church sign in Susquehanna ...

On the Oakland side of the Susquehanna River (Photos By Laura Tuite) ...

From a residence on Grand Street, Susquehanna.(Photos By Patricia Richter) ...

The Beta Rho Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (DKG), a society of women educators, once again collected and donated pasta and spaghetti sauce to the Summer Lunch Box (SLB) Program in its permanent location that SLB now has. Paula Smith, the president of SLB, reported that the building in Kingsley (formerly owned by the Masters family) has shelving and a commercial refrigerator. Paula said they raised a lot of money to do this so that they won't have to set up and take down donation sites at churches for this long-time program.

Teresa Cavalier, chair of the committee, organizes the donation of jars of sauce and boxes of pasta and summarizes the final report. The donations were collected at the recent Tri-Chapter meeting at The Inne of the Abingtons which included Phi Chapter from Wayne and Pike Counties and Alpha Zeta Chapter from Bradford County and were dropped off by committee chairman Teresa Cavalier.

The total collected was 147 pounds of pasta and 221.875 pounds of sauce. This is an estimated amount to serve approximately 735 adult servings of pasta and 592 adult servings of sauce. The chapter also collected monetary donations which totaled $325. The chapter has generously provided support for this worthwhile project for many years. The program provides five bi-weekly food distributions of staple items for meal preparations to families during the months of June, July, and August. In addition to the pasta and sauce, they also distribute staple items and some perishables including meat and whole milk. Because there are no paid administrators in this grass roots efforts, 100% of the donations received go right back into the program.

Beta Rho Chapter members are pleased to make this annual donation, and the public is welcome to donate as well. Thanks to the Summer Lunchbox Program for providing food for families for the summer!